5 posts and columns on job loss

Layoffs Come to The Wall Street Journal, Too: Boston Bureau Closing

in Media on October 29, 2009 at 8:40 am PT

The layoff ax swings close to home today: The Wall Street Journal is closing its Boston bureau, which will result in up to nine job losses. News Corp. which owns the Journal as well as this site, has been pouring resources into the paper, but the Journal certainly isn’t immune to the pressures that all print publishers are under these days

Tech Job Cuts Upgraded to "Appalling" from "Gruesome"

in News on April 6, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

The first three months of 2009 were brutal ones for the high-tech industry–from a job loss perspective, the worst in seven years. Challenger, Gray & Christmas on Monday said high-tech companies sacked some 84,217 employees in the first quarter, a 27 percent increase over the previous quarter and the steepest reduction the firm has seen since the Great Dark Time of 2002.
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Tech Job Cuts Upgraded to “Appalling” from “Gruesome”

in News on April 6, 2009 at 12:30 pm PT

The first three months of 2009 were brutal ones for the high-tech industry–from a job loss perspective, the worst in seven years. Challenger, Gray & Christmas on Monday said high-tech companies sacked some 84,217 employees in the first quarter, a 27 percent increase over the previous quarter and the steepest reduction the firm has seen since the Great Dark Time of 2002.
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Take This Yahoo Job and Shove It

in News on December 10, 2008 at 12:19 pm PT

Tech Sector to Release 180,000 Workers Into Wild: The Challenger Release in Its Entirety

in News on November 14, 2008 at 1:29 pm PT

Stupefying. The year-end total for tech sector job losses in 2008 is expected to reach 180,000, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas. That’s the largest annual job loss for the sector since 2003, when tech firms sacked some 228,325 employees.